Metaphysics, metaphor, meta-metaphor, and magic
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عنوان ژورنال: Complexity
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1076-2787,1099-0526
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0526(199803/04)3:4<19::aid-cplx2>3.0.co;2-f